Marcel Tessier

Marcel Tessier (29 January 1934 – 26 August 2024) was a Canadian historian, opera singer, professor, and writer from Quebec.

Biography

Marcel Tessier was an activist for the Rassemblement pour l'Indépendance Nationale, a left wing political organization that supported the Quebec sovereignty movement. Tessier held a masters degree in history from the University of Montreal and was a professor at Collège Notre-Dame du Sacré-Cœur in Montreal. He taught history for 30 years. He studied stage direction and dramatic arts under Irving Guttman for two years.

Tessier was a baritone opera singer. He was instructed in opera under the tutelage of Albert Cornelier, master of the Opera-Comique in Paris.

He was married with four children.

Awards In 2001, Tessier was named Patriot of the Year by the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society of Montreal (Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste). In 2015, Tessier received the RPS Chevalier-de-Lorimier Award from the Rassemblement pour un Pays Souverain.

Filmography

Television Year Title Role Notes 1999 2000 ans des bogues Self - historien 2002 Le Mec à Dames Self - chroniquer 2009 J'ai la mémoire qui tourne Self 2010 Rencontres Paranormales Self - historien

Publications Marcel Tessier raconte... (2000) Marcel Tessier raconte..., tome 2 – nouvelle édition (2004) Marcel Tessier raconte..., tome 1 – nouvelle édition (2004) Coffret : Marcel Tessier raconte, tomes 1 et 2 (2004) Je me souviens (2006) Marcel Tessier raconte notre histoire (2012)